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according- to quality, but gcucrally averaging about 

 50 ceuts, delivered at the factory. 



Of the amount of soap-fat produced fron\ bone- 

 lioiliug, we can only say that our informant showed 

 l)y his'^books that the sale of soap-fat from his fac- 

 tory from June, 1856, to June, 1857, amounted to 



19,000. dollars Of this amount 14,000 dollars 

 was paid by one house, and we were assured that 

 this was but a moiety of the anoount the house 

 annually purchased. — Hunt's American Mrchant's 

 Magazine . 



SALE OF MR. CARTWRIGHT'S HERD OF SHORT-HORNS, AT AYNHOE. 



BY MK, STRAFFORD. 



On Wednesday, May 5, the entire herd of short-horns, be- 

 longing to T. R. B. Cartwright, Esq., of Aynhoe, were sold 

 by auction, without reserve, at the Home Farm, Aynhoe, by 

 Mr. Strafford, the well-known stock auctioneer, of London. 

 There were 46 head of very fine cattle, most of which 

 were purchased by gentlemen from a distance, at very high 

 prices. This splendid herd has all been collected by Mr. 

 Cartwright within the last four years, and is now broken up, 

 we understand, preparatory to his disposing of the farm on which 

 they have been reared. The cattle showed very plainly what 

 can be done by skill and judgment, coupled with untiring per- 

 Beverance and industry ; for, without exaggeration, we can 

 safely say that Mr. Cartwright in his breeding of shorthorns 

 has rivalled his compeers, even the oldest and most famous. 

 It was matter of general remark by the very numerous party 

 present, that they never saw stock look so well — and al- 

 though cattle have been sinking in price of late, the prices were 

 larger than at any sale in the kingdom of this year. Some 

 of those sold are destined for Australia, Mr. Tyrell, agent 

 for Mrs. Keith Faulkner, of Torquay, buying several for that 

 purpose. The Prince of Prussia bull was bought for the Royal 

 Agricultural College, at Cirencester. But we were rather 

 astonished to observe that the breeders of this neighbourhood 

 allowed so much excellent blood to leave the district ; for it is 

 but seldom that such an opportunity occurs when they can 

 obtain really good stock at their own doors. No doubt the 

 prices obtained were very high ; but it ought always to be con- 

 sidered that for such good old blood as that of "Venus" 

 (Lot 12), and " Hero" (Lot 8), an extra price must be paid. 

 "Usurpation," a first-rate cow, sold for £110 to a gentleman 

 from Lancashire. The Yearlings generally fetched high prices ; 

 but " Genevieve 3rd," " Augusta," and " Juanita" (who might 

 be considered as the gems of the sale), sold at extraordinary 

 prices for their age. The bulls, 11 in number, were admirable 

 animals ; but Lot 1, " Second Duke of Cambridge," although 

 he sold for £147, did not realize so much as he deserved, es- 

 pecially when it is remembered, as stated by Mr. Strafford, 

 in beginning the sale, that his sire, " Grand Duke," was sold 

 for no less than 1,000 guineas. 



As a proof of the wide-spreading taste for shorthorns, 

 it may be observed that the Essex men, who have hitherto 

 rather held aloof, were good buyers : another earnest that the 

 seed which was sown by the Royal Agricultural Society in 1856 

 has not fallen on a barren soil. A new purchaser also arose 

 in Mr. Howard of Biddenham, a brother of the celebrated im- 

 plement maker, at Bedford, who carried off four of the choicest- 

 bred things, at long prices. One of these was Lady Spencer, 

 a twelve-year-old, and consequently a rather ragged-looking 

 cow (whose dam was bought at Mason's sale at Chilton in 

 1829), bearing in her veins the blood of Monarch, who was 

 sold for 220 gs. in very low-price times. One of her three 

 daughters, Lady Spencer 2nd, by the 40n-guii>pa Usurer, and 



whose youDg calf was said to have been sold that morning for 

 50 gs,, also becomes Mr. Howard's at 105 gs. Her daughter. 

 Lady Spencer 4th, a proof of the high quality of the Usurper 

 heifers, was, again, the subject of very fierce competition ; but 

 the Master of the Heythrop Hunt was not to be choked off, and 

 he got the last nod for 140 gs. Lady Spencer 1st was not 

 so fortunate, although a very magnificent animal to look at ; 

 but owing to a general impression that she could be of no use 

 for breeding, Mr. Cartwright lost 70 gs. on the price which 

 he gave for her a short time since. Lady Franklin, one of the 

 best cows in the sale, did not realize her original price by a 

 great deal. She was by Captain Shaftoe, a Royal Show pure 

 bull at Northampton, who was sold twice over for upwards of 

 300 gs. Junia was much liked, and so was her magnificent 

 calf Juanita, by Second Duke of Cambridge; but the colour of 

 Snowdrop, who was purchased by Lord Southampton, was 

 not a little against her in the biddings. Genevieve, 

 by the Second Duke of Cambridge, would not 

 improbably have followed suit to Whittlebury, but 

 his lordship cut it rather too fine, and the last grain 

 had fallen from the glass in favour of the Duke of Marl- 

 borough's steward, before he renewed his bid. Grand as the 

 Second Duke of Cambridge's stock were, the Duke himself is 

 slightly leggy, and has hardly made up into quite the animal 

 we originally expected ; but still Mr. Phillips showed good 

 judgmentin thkingbimat the price into Devon, along with Lady 

 Spencer the First. His son John O'Gaunt was a very striking 

 animal, with a rare back and quarters, and very rich hair ; and 

 Mr. Lawford, of Leighton Buzzard, one of the last competitors 

 for the old bull, bought him. Aa at the Tubney and first 

 Quorn sales of horses, the highest prices were a bracket, in 

 this case, of 140 guineas, between Lady Spencer 4th and 

 the Second Duke of Cambridge. 



The company present numbered at least between 200 

 and 300, many of them from distant counties, and the rest 

 were the most enterprising breeders of cattle and agriculturists 

 of the neighbourhood. Such an assembly is seldom seen in 

 this quarter, and shows the great interest now taken in short- 

 horned cattle. Amongst the noblemen and gentlemen were 

 — Lord Southampton, Sir Charles Knightley, Bart., H. W. 

 Dashwood, Esq., W. Willes, Esq., H. L. Gaskell, Esq., Kid- 

 dington Hall ; Col. Bowles, J. L. Stratton, Esq., T. E , and 

 G. Drake, Esqrs., H. Hall, Esq., the Hon. H.Noel Hill, Shrop- 

 shire ; Mr. Denchfield, agent to Sir Anthony Rothschild, 

 Bucks; Mr. Mein, agent to the Duke of Marlborough; Mr. 

 Tyrell, agent to Mrs. Keith Faulkner, Torquay ; Mr. Turvile, 

 agent to W. Braraston, Esq., M.P., Essex ; Mr. Willoughby 

 Wood, Holly Bank, the well-known agriculturist ; Mr. 

 Lowndes, Liverpool; Mr. J. C. Adkins, Milcote, Warwick- 

 shire ; Mr. Topham, Warwickshire ; Mr. Dodwell, Long Creu- 

 don ; Mr. Bowley, Cirencester ; Mr. S. Bracher, Shaftesbury ; 

 Mr. W. Smyth, Wadhurst Castle, Sussex; Mr. Lawford 



